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发帖数: 5443 | 1 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: TravisBickle (Travis), 信区: Military
标 题: 警察度假开车路上吵架把人开枪打死判无罪
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Jul 30 23:10:40 2014, 美东)
公路上road rage，两边都下车，一边老黑警察持枪带家人度假，一边俩当地白人没武
器，警察喊不许靠近，然后开三枪把一人击毙，说是保护家人，庭审被无罪释放。
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N.J. officer not guilty of murder in Arundel road rage shooting
By Nayana Davis, The Baltimore Sun
9:36 p.m. EDT, July 30, 2014
A case focusing national attention on the use of deadly force by off-duty
law enforcement ended Wednesday when a New Jersey detective was acquitted of
murder in a fatal roadside shooting last year along Route 3 in Millersville.
It took an Anne Arundel County Circuit Court jury about six hours to find
Joseph Lamont Walker not guilty on charges of first- and second-degree
murder, voluntary manslaughter and handgun violations in the death in June
2013 of Lansdowne resident Joseph Dale Harvey Jr.
"The jury was able to see this for what it was — a father who was forced to
defend his family, including his wife and his children, who were under
attack on the side of the road," said defense attorney Charles N. Curlett Jr
. "The prosecution's theory of the case that this was an act of murder ...
is simply wrong."
Walker was off duty at the time of the incident, driving home from a family
gathering in Odenton, when his car drifted into Harvey's lane after making a
turn along Route 3 near Interstate 97. Police reports and testimony
indicated Harvey swerved toward Walker's car and called him a racial slur.
Harvey was white, Walker is black.
Both men pulled over, and court records say once the vehicles were on the
side of the road, the two men confronted one another. Walker, a detective
with the Hudson County prosecutor's office in New Jersey, said he identified
himself as an officer and showed his badge; other witnesses said they never
saw a badge.
As Harvey approached, Walker shot him three times, killing him.
Harvey's sister, Cynthia Horan, 48, said that she's still saddened by the
loss of her brother and that events leading to his death remain unclear to
her. But she also expressed relief that the trial was over.
"We all have to answer to someone higher than the Annapolis court," Horan
said.
The defense team argued that Walker, 41, feared for his own safety and his
family's, and had a right to defend them and himself. Walker declined to
comment after the verdict. He and his wife, Marie, got into a white SUV and
were driven away from the courthouse.
The case prompted a wave of support for Walker from law enforcement officers
. His union and other supporters in New Jersey raised money for his defense
and made trips to Annapolis during the course of the trial, which began July
21.
It also drew the attention of the New Jersey-based National Police Defense
Foundation. Executive director Joseph Occhipinti said Walker's prosecution
had "a chilling effect within the national law enforcement community" over
concerns that off-duty officers who take police action could be criminally
prosecuted for murder.
On Wednesday, Occhipinti applauded the verdict.
The president of the Policemen's Benevolent Association Local 232, Walker's
union, said he was "ecstatic" over the ruling. Detective William Caciedo
said he knows Walker on a personal and professional basis, describing him as
a family man who would often skip social outings with colleagues to spend
more time with his wife and children.
Caciedo said it was difficult to watch the trial proceedings, adding that
Walker is "not the man that was depicted by the prosecutor. That's not the
Joseph Walker I know."
He said the union will work to reinstate Walker in his detective position —
he was suspended without pay following his arrest — and investigate
whether he can receive back pay for the year he's been off the job.
"We're ready to do our part," Caciedo said.
While Walker's supporters lauded the verdict, Mark Anthony, a 38-year-old
Glen Burnie resident who had been friends with Harvey since their days at
Old Mill High School in Millersville, said he was disheartened.
"It feels like Joe's passed all over again," he said. Anthony rejected
defense allegations that Harvey was the aggressor, saying his friend was "a
man with a heart of gold."
"Joe was a commercial truck driver," he said. "He's used to people cutting
him off. He has more of a tolerance for that."
Anne Arundel County State's Attorney Anne Colt Leitess expressed
disappointment in the acquittal, saying Walker could have defused the
situation by calling 911 or simply driving away.
"He had many, many options," Leitess told reporters outside the courthouse.
"At the end of the day, I am concerned that Mr. Walker, as a law enforcement
officer, is a very aggressive person."
Walker's attorney's issued a statement reiterating claims they made before
the trial that the assistant state's attorney and a Maryland state trooper
presented misleading or incomplete testimony to the grand jury that indicted
Walker, including omitting the fact that Harvey had been drinking before
the encounter. Toxicology samples indicated Harvey's blood-alcohol level was
0.07 to 0.08 percent. In Maryland, 0.08 percent is the threshold for
driving under the influence.
Walker's attorneys also said that during jury selection, prosecutors used
seven of their 10 challenges to strike African-Americans from the jury.
The judge in the case, Judge Michael Wachs, previously ruled there was no
prosecutorial misconduct, and Leitess rebutted any allegations of
impropriety, saying she was pleased by the work done by prosecutors in the
case.
Walker's lawyers also followed the verdict with a request for a grand jury
investigation of Adam Pidel, a passenger in Harvey's car at the time of the
incident. They said either Harvey or Pidel threw an energy drink at the
Walkers' van, and they allege that Pidel also used racial slurs during the
incident.
The state's attorney's office said there are no plans to prosecute Pidel. "
There is no evidence Mr. Pidel committed any crime," spokeswoman Heather
Stone said in an email.
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发信人: TravisBickle (Travis), 信区: Military
标 题: 警察度假开车路上吵架把人开枪打死判无罪
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Jul 30 23:10:40 2014, 美东)
公路上road rage，两边都下车，一边老黑警察持枪带家人度假，一边俩当地白人没武
器，警察喊不许靠近，然后开三枪把一人击毙，说是保护家人，庭审被无罪释放。
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N.J. officer not guilty of murder in Arundel road rage shooting
By Nayana Davis, The Baltimore Sun
9:36 p.m. EDT, July 30, 2014
A case focusing national attention on the use of deadly force by off-duty
law enforcement ended Wednesday when a New Jersey detective was acquitted of
murder in a fatal roadside shooting last year along Route 3 in Millersville.
It took an Anne Arundel County Circuit Court jury about six hours to find
Joseph Lamont Walker not guilty on charges of first- and second-degree
murder, voluntary manslaughter and handgun violations in the death in June
2013 of Lansdowne resident Joseph Dale Harvey Jr.
"The jury was able to see this for what it was — a father who was forced to
defend his family, including his wife and his children, who were under
attack on the side of the road," said defense attorney Charles N. Curlett Jr
. "The prosecution's theory of the case that this was an act of murder ...
is simply wrong."
Walker was off duty at the time of the incident, driving home from a family
gathering in Odenton, when his car drifted into Harvey's lane after making a
turn along Route 3 near Interstate 97. Police reports and testimony
indicated Harvey swerved toward Walker's car and called him a racial slur.
Harvey was white, Walker is black.
Both men pulled over, and court records say once the vehicles were on the
side of the road, the two men confronted one another. Walker, a detective
with the Hudson County prosecutor's office in New Jersey, said he identified
himself as an officer and showed his badge; other witnesses said they never
saw a badge.
As Harvey approached, Walker shot him three times, killing him.
Harvey's sister, Cynthia Horan, 48, said that she's still saddened by the
loss of her brother and that events leading to his death remain unclear to
her. But she also expressed relief that the trial was over.
"We all have to answer to someone higher than the Annapolis court," Horan
said.
The defense team argued that Walker, 41, feared for his own safety and his
family's, and had a right to defend them and himself. Walker declined to
comment after the verdict. He and his wife, Marie, got into a white SUV and
were driven away from the courthouse.
The case prompted a wave of support for Walker from law enforcement officers
. His union and other supporters in New Jersey raised money for his defense
and made trips to Annapolis during the course of the trial, which began July
21.
It also drew the attention of the New Jersey-based National Police Defense
Foundation. Executive director Joseph Occhipinti said Walker's prosecution
had "a chilling effect within the national law enforcement community" over
concerns that off-duty officers who take police action could be criminally
prosecuted for murder.
On Wednesday, Occhipinti applauded the verdict.
The president of the Policemen's Benevolent Association Local 232, Walker's
union, said he was "ecstatic" over the ruling. Detective William Caciedo
said he knows Walker on a personal and professional basis, describing him as
a family man who would often skip social outings with colleagues to spend
more time with his wife and children.
Caciedo said it was difficult to watch the trial proceedings, adding that
Walker is "not the man that was depicted by the prosecutor. That's not the
Joseph Walker I know."
He said the union will work to reinstate Walker in his detective position —
he was suspended without pay following his arrest — and investigate
whether he can receive back pay for the year he's been off the job.
"We're ready to do our part," Caciedo said.
While Walker's supporters lauded the verdict, Mark Anthony, a 38-year-old
Glen Burnie resident who had been friends with Harvey since their days at
Old Mill High School in Millersville, said he was disheartened.
"It feels like Joe's passed all over again," he said. Anthony rejected
defense allegations that Harvey was the aggressor, saying his friend was "a
man with a heart of gold."
"Joe was a commercial truck driver," he said. "He's used to people cutting
him off. He has more of a tolerance for that."
Anne Arundel County State's Attorney Anne Colt Leitess expressed
disappointment in the acquittal, saying Walker could have defused the
situation by calling 911 or simply driving away.
"He had many, many options," Leitess told reporters outside the courthouse.
"At the end of the day, I am concerned that Mr. Walker, as a law enforcement
officer, is a very aggressive person."
Walker's attorney's issued a statement reiterating claims they made before
the trial that the assistant state's attorney and a Maryland state trooper
presented misleading or incomplete testimony to the grand jury that indicted
Walker, including omitting the fact that Harvey had been drinking before
the encounter. Toxicology samples indicated Harvey's blood-alcohol level was
0.07 to 0.08 percent. In Maryland, 0.08 percent is the threshold for
driving under the influence.
Walker's attorneys also said that during jury selection, prosecutors used
seven of their 10 challenges to strike African-Americans from the jury.
The judge in the case, Judge Michael Wachs, previously ruled there was no
prosecutorial misconduct, and Leitess rebutted any allegations of
impropriety, saying she was pleased by the work done by prosecutors in the
case.
Walker's lawyers also followed the verdict with a request for a grand jury
investigation of Adam Pidel, a passenger in Harvey's car at the time of the
incident. They said either Harvey or Pidel threw an energy drink at the
Walkers' van, and they allege that Pidel also used racial slurs during the
incident.
The state's attorney's office said there are no plans to prosecute Pidel. "
There is no evidence Mr. Pidel committed any crime," spokeswoman Heather
Stone said in an email.
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